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It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand read more
No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide. - Spinster.
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy. - What We Live By.
All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy. - What We Live By.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own
Weakness and inability in necessary things.
The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own
Weakness and inability in necessary things.
Philosophy is the science which considers truth.
Philosophy is the science which considers truth.
The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift,
That no philosophy can lift.
The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift,
That no philosophy can lift.